Your Translation is Stolen?

Discussion in 'Translator's Corner' started by Spring Krane, Jan 13, 2017.

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  1. taking my translations bother me

    68.3%
  2. taking my translations don't bother me

    4.9%
  3. I'm fine as long as they ask first

    34.1%
  4. I'll use the method suggested on this post

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  5. I can't be bothered to do all this

    12.2%
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  1. Spring Krane

    Spring Krane Active Member

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    They remove all the hyperlinks, author notes sometimes, translator notes, explanations.
    And don't worry, you don't wanna go there, its an ad-fest
     
  2. heartantares

    heartantares One Who Provides Uselessly Detailed Information

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    they didnt ask but apparently they were kind enough to link to my wordpress page.... so i do get some traffic from them... though i am disappointed that they erase my random ramblings.... and when i screw up and put the wrong chapter numbers on the posts their site's chapter order gets screwed over.
     
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  3. Indiboy

    Indiboy Well Known boi

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    Most translators (according to my 9th sense) don't have permission to translate
     
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  4. EienMugetsuTensho

    EienMugetsuTensho [Avid Reader] [C#, C++, Python Programmer]

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    Some translators have gotten licenses to translate so they would be able to purse some legal action but it depends on the country they are in and the country the host is in and the person who stole the work and their host.
     
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  5. Indiboy

    Indiboy Well Known boi

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    Thats a agood idea... Post chapter incorrectly... Wait for them to take the bait and post it incorrectly too then correct it on ur side.
    Muahahahaha
     
  6. MarSprite

    MarSprite <Impossible to Gauge>

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    I use the reader mode on firefox to eliminate all the distracting fluff people put on their websites while I want to focus on reading a novel. Watermarks are extremely aggravating to me when they show up in the text and I inevitably stop reading after a few chapters of it. *EDIT* I also use the reader mode when I read novels on my iPhone.
     
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  7. Spring Krane

    Spring Krane Active Member

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    You mean an epub version right?
    I've been giving out pdf files for private reading right now...
     
  8. MissQ

    MissQ tler from the past

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    Yeah, I'm really sad they took off my rambling too XD.
    My translations on their page is really hard to read because I have the text all centered and not shifted to the left ahaha.
     
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    the next link won't work...they actually go through a lot of trouble just to copy and paste.
    They edit out a lot of things too T.T
     
  10. heartantares

    heartantares One Who Provides Uselessly Detailed Information

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    My notes are in parenthesis in blue colour... their site is all b/w so it gets mixed in with the original author's normal parenthesis.... and the extra info becomes confusing to some extent.... my main issue is i dont get to read reader comments when its on their site...... I like reader's conspiracy theories and silly comments as well as the thank yous that regularly appear
    tis a bad idea cuz it also shoes up on NU as the wrong chapter and you'd need to report it for it to be fixed.... its more work for the mods who i think wont appreciate it.

    edits: also it seems the other group taking the translation took the translation from the other group taking translations... so both sites have the wrongly labeled chapter order.....
     
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  11. Indiboy

    Indiboy Well Known boi

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    Have you seen systrans free online translation?
    It is an osm mtl software website.
    They use banners to show translation which can not be copied by scripts made by rookies.
     
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  12. MissQ

    MissQ tler from the past

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    Ah yeah, that's true...
     
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    MarSprite <Impossible to Gauge>

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    I think I found the voldemort site, but it doesn't seem to be any better than NU? and there are advert popups. Why would someone use it over NU?
     
  14. Spring Krane

    Spring Krane Active Member

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    It is very complicated to do that (criii)

    very very true, so no legal action can be taken anyway. It's easiest to steal from a thief because they can't report it.
    That's why I've decided to email the authors personally before starting a project. So far, no success.

    I made my watermarks the same colour as the background ; )
    But wow lots of people use their phones!
     
  15. MissQ

    MissQ tler from the past

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    I mean if people use adblock, it doesn't make much difference.
     
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    Most likely because they don't know about NU..
    they are being taken advantage of~
    or maybe they don't like visiting the translator blogs and prefer the standard b/w text and font
     
  17. MissQ

    MissQ tler from the past

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    If you want, you can put a hit counter on your site and you can find out how many people use their mobile devices to read.
    I recommend http://www.supercounters.com/
     
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    xTachibana Wincest King

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    do you not see my sig? I quote R18 stuff into my discord all the time ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )
     
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    So there was that function! Thank you :)
     
  20. Spring Krane

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    :cry: I'm going to let you down...